"I kissed the guy on the Abercrombie bag. Now I'm marrying him." Dreams do come true!

Forget kissing a frog to find your prince. Candice, a 19-year-old model from Iowa, "kissed" a hot guy on an Abercrombie & Fitch bag during a shopping trip with her girls. Seven years later, she's engaged to him. In other words, dreams do come true! Now 27, Candice shared their serendipitous love story with Cosmopolitan.com.

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"Max—the man on the bag—and I go way back to January of 2006 in Orange County, Calif. My roommate Trisha and I were being silly and just taking goofy pictures of each other. We'd been shopping at A&F earlier that day, and when we got home, I dorkily picked up the bag and made a kissy face at it. The picture above is just one of the many Trisha happened to take. Of course I thought the man on the bag was hot, but I had no clue who he was.

Fast forward to 2008. I was living in New York and met a model named Max through mutual friends. I had a boyfriend at the time, and Max had a girlfriend, but because we were both modeling, we had mutual friends and kept running into each other. We ended up seeing each other a lot around the city at castings and parties, but I never made the connection that he was "the man on the bag" that I kissed back in '06. In the beginning of 2010, Max and I were both single and something began to spark between us. I remember Max inviting me out with a couple of his friends one night. We talked, ate some delicious food, and then toward the end of our meal, he asked if he could have a kiss. A kiss! I told him that it probably wasn't a good idea considering we didn't know each other that well.

A couple of months later, Max invited me to a Yankees game for my birthday. I was so excited because it was my first Yankees game ever, and I'd always dreamed of going to Yankee Stadium. After the game, we went to his friend's afterparty and he had everyone sing me "Happy Birthday." I thought it was really cute and thoughtful of him to do that. I didn't know then that Max was going to be my future husband, but that night ended up being one of the most memorable experiences I've had in New York.

The summer went by and we each did our own thing...until one night when Max invited me out to this cowboy bar with a mechanical bull. I got there, went downstairs, saw him from across the room, and beelined to give him a huge hug. I'd had my reservations, but I decided to let my heart lead the way, and that night Max and I officially decided to start going on dates and see where our relationship could go. A few months later, on November 3, 2010, Max and I became boyfriend and girlfriend. One of my Best. Nights. Ever! We've been together ever since.

I didn't even figure out that he was the model on the Abercrombie & Fitch bag until a few months after we started officially dating, when I happened to come across the picture Trisha took and realized a resemblence between Bag Man and my dear boyfriend. I asked Max, "Is this you?" He laughed and said, "Yeah...that's really weird."I couldn't help but think it was the craziest thing in the world. Who takes a picture of a bag kissing some hot guy, then actually meets said guy and ends up dating him? It's just shocking to both of us. What are the chances that I'd bag the guy on the bag?!

Max and I happily dated for two more years. One day, in October 2012, I got word about a "bridal model casting" in Brooklyn. I thought nothing of it, went to the gym and got a quick workout in and headed to the casting at a hotel at 6pm. I walked into the lobby and was directed to room 605. When I knocked on the door and opened it a crack, to my surprise, my chihuahua, Boo, poked her head out. I was completely confused. Then the door opened all the way and I saw Max standing there in a suit and tie. In the background, "God Gave Me You" by Blake Shelton was playing and at that point I realized what was going on. He took my hands and walked me over to the window, telling me sweet things, and then got down on one knee. It was such a surreal moment! I cried hysterically—and obviously I said, "yes!"

We called our parents to tell them the news, and then headed to our 7pm dinner reservation. As we walked, he asked me if I wanted to stop into our favorite beer garden for a celebratory drink. When we walked in, Max had arranged for all of our close friends in the city to surprise me and celebrate with us! The whole proposal was so full of heart. I was just on cloud nine—and still am.

Max and I are getting married this August. I was always a big believer in fate, but I definitely am now for sure. It just goes to show that in life you never know what is to come, and I believe that everything happens for a reason. This whole experience has definitely renewed my faith in knowing that what's meant to be truly will be."